Invest in Art Deco Jewelry

French Art Deco Jabot Pin, G. Fouquet

Ready to invest in Art Deco jewelry, like this strong design French Art Deco Jabot Pin signed by master jeweler Georges Fouquet?

Then these art deco tips and techniques will help you decide if they're really worth the splurge or not.

Although not technically ANTIQUE, as in one hundred years old, when you invest in Art Deco jewelry now, you are bound to come out in front in the near future, because when Deco Jewelry reaches the 100 year mark, Art Deco Jewelry will be officially- ANTIQUE, and hence, more valuable.

Art Deco jewelry was made between 1918 and 1930

The style takes its name from the 1925 world fair in Paris, L'Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, where several designers displayed Diors, New Look.

What Is Art Deco Jewelry?

The Art Deco period was the last great period where untreated and natural mined gemstones, such as pink gemstones and colored gemstones like rubies and emerald gemstones were so readily available, producing a unique style of jewelry that was adventurous, geometric and mysterious.

Flashes of inspiration came from Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, accredited for introducing bright colors into the world of jewelry, and the opening of King Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922 which started an Ancient Egyptian jewelry frenzy.

For general information with emphasis on the Style & Materials used during the Art Deco period, please visit Art Deco Jewelry 101 Here.

For those new to antique jewelry investing and veteran collectors who wish to refresh, the History of Jewelry provides a general overview of Jewelry, in each of the periods in jewelry art history.

The following tips and information is targeted especially for those visitors who would like to invest in art deco premier jewelry of the 1920-30s.

Investor Art Deco Jewelry Tips

Art deco Jewelry of the 1920s, typically feature white gold or platinum and a three-dimensional step-pattern that was popular at that time. Antique White gold wedding bands are the hottest news in bridal jewelry at present.

Diamonds used in Art deco diamond rings and Art deco diamond engagement rings were usually brilliant-cut or old european diamonds which are usually a bit less sparkly (but more fiery) and popular in raised square settings like this one.

Platinum - was called the "new luxury metal" - and was extremely popular as it was considered a thoroughly modern material, lightweight and strong, and is the "whitest" metal, nicely showcasing the stones in the ring.

Art Deco Jewelry was often set with contrasting gemstones to lend color.

When you invest in Art Deco jewelry, you will be amazed at the wide variety of gemstones used in this style of antique jewelry. The most popular included Emeralds from Columbia, Rubies from Burma, and Sapphires from either Burma or Cashmere and Onyx was also very much in demand.

The general diamond size of antique diamond engagement wedding rings during the Art Deco period ranged from 0.5 to 1.5 carats.

Art Deco diamond engagement rings, emphasized the ring setting as much, or sometimes even more than the stone itself. This had as much to do with Art Deco jewelry's heavy emphasis on graphic design as it did with economics; with the onset of the great depression, aesthetic value was placed from necessity before monetary value.

When you invest in Art Deco jewelry look out for elaborate and beautifully detailed ring settings with metalwork designs ranging from flowers to stars to lace. This sort of fine craftsmanship you can see in the setting, makes any stone seem twice as beautiful and very desirable.

The Art Deco dress clip brooches were designed in pairs.

Louis Cartier, was inspired to create dress clips as a result of watching a woman hanging clothes out to dry with clothes pegs!

Art deco dress clips are delightful and versatile fashion accessories as these antique clips and can be worn on necklines, belts, jacket lapels, purses, shoes and hats. They are held in place, or "clipped" into place, by way of a flat-backed hinged mechanism.

From 1942 during world war II in Britain 9 carat became standard for gold wedding rings.

The baguette, was the most popular diamond cut and was often used together with other geometric cuts such as trapezoid, pentagon and epaulet.

Antique diamond engagement rings from this period are highly sought after today and are usually made of white gold and platinum, and may contain antique diamonds such as Old European Cut and Asscher Cut diamonds.

When you invest in Art Deco jewelry the stones will be those that were popular during the Art Deco period and included: emerald, sapphire, ruby, aquamarine and topaz, sometimes cut into a cabochon and sometimes carved into the shapes of leaves, flowers and fruit for "tutti frutti" jewelry, popularized by Cartier.

Hard stones like coral, onyx, rock crystal, jade and lapis, were used extensively, as were Cultured Pearls, especially used in sautoirs.

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